LASSA FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lassa fever mean? 

• LASSA FEVER (noun)
  The noun LASSA FEVER has 1 sense:

1. an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: LASSA FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LASSA FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Lassa fever" is a kind of...):

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)

 Context examples 

The marmoset is genetically similar to humans and is a useful model for studying human diseases such as Lassa fever, multiple sclerosis, and viral infections.

(Marmoset, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, Lassa fever is limited to rural areas of West Africa where rats and mice carry the virus.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)